Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-06
HONE AND FARM.

hot sunshine Will remove ScOrcn.
Trees, shrubs and flowers add
beauty and value to the rural home.
"A damp cloth dipped in common
soda will brighten tin-ware easily.
-"Meaner than 'pusly'" has
passed into a proverbs; it is one of the
most troublesome weeds the gardener
deals with. But the pigs love it
Michigan Farmer.
Indian Griddle Cakes. "A pint of
sifted meal. half pint of -four. one
tablespoonful of brown sugar. half a
teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of
soda, two eggs and a pint of BUTTER
milk. Bake brown on a CREASED grid
die. Serve with maple sugar.-E1-
change.
Fish Balls. Boil equal quantities
of salt fish and potatoes. When done,
chop the fish fine, and mix with pota-
toes. Add one egg, one teaspoonful
of flour, one cup of milk, and mix all
together in form of balls. Drop them
in kettle of boiling fat and brown. -
Christian at Work
Those who feed grain. in addition
to grass, and feed it intelligently, so
far as we have ever heard them give
an opinion. believe that it pays. One
prominent feeder says that he finds
that it requires only half as much grain
to fatten an animal on grass as it does
to fatten it in winter on dry food. ST
Louis Republican.
Plum Preserves. Weigh your
plums, scald them, put on dish or
waiter; be sure to strain; weigh as
much sugar as fruit, and to every
pound add gill of water; let sugar
boil, skim, add scalded fruit. cook two
hours and half; put in air-tight jars.
Boston Budget.
One cup of honey. one-half cup of
sugar, one-half cup of butter, one egg,
two cups of flour, one cup of cold
water, two tablespoonful of baking
powder and a few drops of vanilla
make delicious honey-cake, nice
while warm for tea or equally good
when cold.-Indianapolis Journal.
The value of tobacco stems as a
fertilizer is now widely appreciated.
A factory which uses that material
for its principal base is in successful
operation in this city, and bales of the
same commodity are shipped by the
hundred from Philadelphia to various
farmers in the surrounding country,
to be used for enriching purposes.
Nothing was made in valn."
-Cocoanut Cream q tea
cupful of gelatine, whip a pint of
cream, CRATE 4 pint of cocoanut, put it
in a pint of sweet milk, with the
gelatine, and set over the fire. Take
of, flavor with almond extract. pour
in pan and stir until thick. Mix in
the cream, pour in a mold and set on
ice; turn out in glass dish; surround
with grated cocoanut and serve. -
Louisville Courier-yournal.
Cream Puffs. One cup hot water,
one-half cup butter, boil together;
while boiling stir in one cup sifted
flour, remove from fire and stir to a
smooth paste; when cool add three I'M
beaten eggs, stirring five minutes.
Drop in spoontuls on buttered tins and
bake in quick oven twenty min
utes. For cream take one cup milk,
one-half cup sugar, one egg. three
tablespoonfuls flour, cook thoroughly
and flavor. When cream puffs are
cold, cut open puffs with sharp knife
and fill with cream. Farmer and Man.
ayacturer.
-Succotash.- Boil piece of pork
almost an hour. Put the beans in about
fifteen minutes after the pork. Then
cut lightly the corn off the cobs, and
scrape the cobs with the back of the
knife. Put in the corn fifteen minutes
after the beans. Use two-thirds corn
to one-third beans. Boil the cobs with
the corn. If the corn is not very sweet,
add piece of sugar half as large as a
walnut (Another excellent authority
says: boil the pork and beans three
hours, and the corn at least an hour ~
Lima beans should be used. - Good
Cheer.